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Incident WHID 2007-45


WHID 2007-45: XSS flaw makes PM say: "I want to suck your blood"
Date: 09 October 2007
Incident Type: Security Breach
WASC Threat Classification: Cross-site Scripting

Using XSS on the sites of both Australian major political parties a security researcher nicknamed Bsoric caused the Liberal Party's Web site to read: "John Howard says: I want to suck your blood", while another script caused a window to pop up on the Labor Party's Web site, urging viewers to "Vote Liberal!"

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